Released as an ASCII file (with related SAS, SPSS, and STATA programming statements) and a SAS transport dataset, this public use file provides information collected on a nationally representative sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population of the United States for calendar year 2009. This file consists of MEPS survey data obtained in Rounds 3, 4, and 5 of Panel 13 and Rounds 1, 2, and 3 of Panel 14 (i.e., the rounds for the MEPS panels covering calendar year 2009) and consolidates all of the final 2009 person-level variables onto one file. This file contains the following variables previously released on HC-123: survey administration, language of interview variable, demographics, parent identifiers, health status, disability days variables, access to care, employment, quality of care, patient satisfaction, health insurance, and use variables. The HC-129 file also includes these variables: income variables and expenditure variables. Update notes

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